Reply by Robert Brown

Last year I bought a 1 1/2 thread kit from Beall. I used it to make a moxon vise. Holding power is good. So good that I have not bothered to put leather on the face of the vise. To me it appears that the threads are going to last a long time. Which is a shame because as my first attempt it is really ugly. I think I can do better now. But it works and I am going to keep using it.

Anyhow from my experience with this, I intend to make all of my future vises with wood threads.